Posted by SeaUrchin on August 02, 2002 at 16:36:33:
In Reply to: Best/Worst Stories posted by Ken Kurtis on August 02, 2002 at 11:43:50:
Best: Mmmmm. Bahamas, Tongue of the Ocean dive- Yummy DM
& Twin captains on board. Very nice diving!
Worst: Yukon December 31, 2001, New Years Eve. Did a Nitrox class with an
Instructor who was taking myself and 3 other students
on the Yukon. 2 of the students had just certified and had
less than 12 dives each. Viz dropped to 3' on the second
dive and all of a sudden the Inst looked to me to help him
get these guys out of the water while they got saucer-eyed
and began sucking air like nobodys business.
Only got one small penetration and berrated in front
of the other students the entire way back to Los Angeles for
various infractions in my attitude. There is much more to this
story and I'm still debating turning this guy in for
his teaching practices such as letting drunk students copy
directly off the answer key for those 100% test scores.
Day ended with my dive bag breaking, my car broke down,
and my cat threw up on my New Years Eve outfit. Somehow
the trip ended up being my fault. I ended
that dive day with large amounts of alcohol and stayed home.
I would still like to dive the Yukon again with people I like someday.
SeaUrchin